The cone of moving curves of a smooth Fano three- or fourfold

Abstract

We describe the closed cone of moving curves of smooth Fano three- and fourfolds by giving finitely many equations that cut out the cone. The equations are induced by the exceptional divisors of divisorial contractions and by nef divisors on birational models obtained by sequences of flips.The results presented here are part of the author's Ph.D. thesis, written under the supervision of Stefan Kebekus.